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We're not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.
Edward R. Murrow
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Edward R. Murrow
Age: 59 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 25
Died: 1967
Died: April 27
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Greensboro
North Carolina
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We will not be driven by fear ... if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men.
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It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first. Most of us probably feel we couldn't be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free.
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I am frightened by the imbalance, the constant striving to reach the largest possible audience for everything by the absence of a sustained study of the state of the nation.
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Don't be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste.
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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.
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This instrument [radio] can teach. It can illuminate, yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it's nothing but wires and lights in a box.
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I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers.
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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
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Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but I suggest this difference. Fame is morally neutral.
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One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles.
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Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live.
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The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.
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Speaking of Sir Winston Churchill: He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.
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Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
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Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
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The obscure we always see sooner or later the obvious always seems to take a little longer.
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Seldom, if ever, has a war ended leaving the victors with such a sense of uncertainty and fear, with such a realization that the future is obscure and that survival is not assured.
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Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
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Our history will be what we make of it. If we go on as we are, then history will take its revenge and retribution will not limp in catching up with us. So, just once in a while let us exhault the importance of ideas and information.
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